COSMODOLPHINS
"Applying thinking on gender and the environment to research on science and technology, this work explores postcolonical relationships with "the wild" using the USA and Russia as examples. The authors analyze contemporary categorizations of human self versus wild other through three 20th-century icons which illustrate ambivalent ideas about self and other - spaceships, horoscopes and dolphins. They interview astrologers, wilderness guides, dolphin
trainers and academic staff of space agencies from Russia and the US, and look
at representations of the space race in film and science fiction in both
cultures as well as in New Age and other texts on dolphins, astrology and space travel.
We see how a particular icon of the wild - the dolphin - is elevated to
mythological status, and how a secularized society looks for spiritual fulfilment in
the "beyond" - astrology - and in its own technological advances - space travel."
A great read if you're interested in any or all of the above...if not, not so great a read
b e a c h . c o n k e r.
a beautiful image i made on 3Ds Max.
soon to be snatched up by Pixar no doubt.
kuhntext
Pre-science
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Normal science
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Crisis
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Revolution
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Normal science
No theories as yet.
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A theory becomes dominant.
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Dominant theory in trouble.
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New theories are proposed.
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A new theory becomes dominant.
No paradigm
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First paradigm
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Crisis
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Competing paradigms
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New paradigm
Babylonia.
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Greeks - geocentric cosmos.
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Problems with geocentrism.
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Copernicus - heliocentrism.
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Heliocentrism becomes orthodox.
LEVITATE
I'm looking for images of levitating rocks,
please send me some if you have any
isabelmallet@gmail.com
While we're in Lagos...
I know it's been hyped alot but that doesn't mean these films aren't immense.
My favourite so far is "King of my village".
You can get them from ridley road market
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